[kictanet] Kenya's MNP

[Andrea Bohnstedt]

Hey all,

I'm actually curious about the business case for the porting company,
assuming that the KES173 fee per ported number are the only revenue they
have (or will they be paid a fee by the operators as well?). The East
African article indicates that in Pakistan, around 3% of subscribers ported.
I had a quick look around the internet and in India, it seems to be less
than 1% so far. If the company plans to invest around USD2m per year for the
coming years, and gets KES173 per ported number - how long is that going to
be profitable?

>From my quick look around, there also seems to be a suggestion that number
portability is more attractive for post-paid subscribers - still a much
smaller market segment in Kenya. And many people already have two lines, so
where would you move to? I think mobile operators will probably throw out
more offers and promotions, which is attractive for consumers, but how many
are actually going to change operators? And if the numbers are limited, then
the network effect for those operators who charge higher off-net tariffs
will remain.

Happy week!
Andrea

On 28 March 2011 13:59, Michael Ouma <benomnta at yahoo.com> wrote:

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